Boating

About this eBook

Author

Woodgate, Walter Bradford, 1842-1920

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Hary Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure

Subject

Rowing

Category

Text

eBook-No.

37462

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37462

Release Date

September 19, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BOATING
2. 2.DEDICATION TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS. — FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. — WOODCUTS IN TEXT. — MAPS
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.Erratum.
7. 7.Introduction
8. 8.CHAPTER II. — THE RISE OF MODERN OARSMANSHIP. — GENERAL. — UNIVERSITY TRAINING. — Eight-Oared Match—London and the Oxford Amateurs for £200. [5] — 1837. — REGATTAS. — HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA. — CONSTITUTION. — QUALIFICATION RULES. — GENERAL RULES.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. — SCIENTIFIC OARSMANSHIP. — Notes on the Stroke.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. — COACHING. — Notes on Coaching.
11. 11.CHAPTER V. — THE CAPTAIN.
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. — THE COXSWAIN AND STEERING.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. — SLIDING SEATS. — I. THEIR ORIGIN. — II. THEIR USE.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. — FOUR-OARS.
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. — PAIR-OARS.
16. 16.CHAPTER X. — SCULLING.
17. 17.CHAPTER XI. — BOAT-BUILDING AND DIMENSIONS.
18. 18.CHAPTER XII. — TRAINING. — DIET. — WORK. — AILMENTS.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII. — ROWING CLUBS. — Draft Rules.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV. — THE AMATEUR, HIS HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION. — Rules of the Amateur Rowing Association, late Metropolitan Rowing Association. — Amateur Rowing Association.
21. 21.CHAPTER XV. — ROWING AT ETON COLLEGE. — Results of Henley Regatta. — Captains of the Boats and Notable Events.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI. — WATERMEN AND PROFESSIONALS.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII. — LAWS OF BOAT-RACING (THEIR HISTORY, AND RULES OF THE ROAD). — The Laws of Boat-racing as approved by the Amateur Rowing Association.
24. 24.‘THE TEMPLE OF FAME.’ — WINNERS OF THE WINGFIELD SCULLS. — WINNERS AT HENLEY REGATTA. — GRAND CHALLENGE CUP. — STEWARDS’ CUP. — PAIR-OARS. — DIAMOND SCULLS. — LADIES CHALLENGE PLATE FOR EIGHT-OARS. — VISITORS’ CHALLENGE CUP FOR FOUR-OARS. — WYFOLD CHALLENGE CUP FOR FOUR-OARS. — THAMES CHALLENGE CUP FOR EIGHT-OARS. — PUBLIC SCHOOLS’ CHALLENGE CUP FOR FOURS. — TOWN CHALLENGE CUP. — OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE. — WINNERS since 1828. — UNIVERSITY MEETINGS AT HENLEY, — FOR THE GRAND CHALLENGE CUP . — UNIVERSITY OARSMEN. — UNIVERSITY OARSMEN. — O.U.B.C.: COLLEGE AND CLUB RACES. — OXFORD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE EIGHTS: HEAD OF THE RIVER. — WINNERS OF THE UNIVERSITY PAIR-OARS. — WINNERS OF THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY SCULLS, — WINNERS OF THE UNIVERSITY FOUR-OARS. — C.U.B.C.: COLLEGE AND CLUB RACES. — CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BOAT CLUB: HEAD OF THE RIVER. — WINNERS OF THE UNIVERSITY PAIR-OARS. — WINNERS OF THE UNIVERSITY FOUR-OARS. — WINNERS OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY SCULLS. — PROFESSIONAL WINNERS OF REGATTAS AND CHAMPIONSHIPS. — WINNERS OF THE AQUATIC CHAMPIONSHIP. — THAMES NATIONAL REGATTA — FOR WATERMEN. — CHAMPION FOURS (Winners). — SCULLS. — PAIR-OARS (Winners). — APPRENTICES’ SCULLS: COAT AND BADGE (Winners). — THAMES NATIONAL REGATTA ( Second Series ). — FOURS. — PAIRS. — SCULLS. — APPRENTICES’ SCULLS: COAT AND BADGE. — THAMES INTERNATIONAL REGATTA. — CHAMPION SCULLS. — CHAMPION FOURS. — CHAMPION PAIRS. — ROYAL THAMES REGATTA, — Established 1843 . — WATERMEN’S PRIZES. — BRITISH REGATTA IN PARIS, 1867 — (EXHIBITION YEAR). — CHAMPION FOURS. — PAIR-OARS. — SCULLS. — WORLD’S REGATTA ON THE THAMES. — WINNERS OF DOGGETT’S COAT AND BADGE. — RIVERS AND COURSES. — RIVER LEA. — LENGTH OF RACING COURSES. — DISTANCES OF WEIRS ETC. OXFORD TO LECHLADE. — TABLES OF DISTANCES OF LOCKS ETC. ON THE THAMES. — ON THE RIVER MEDWAY. — ON THE RIVER WEY.
25. 25.APPENDIX. — THE EARLY HISTORY OF BOAT RACING AT THE UNIVERSITIES. [23] — Rules for Boat-Racing, 1827. — HENLEY, PAST AND FUTURE. [24] — THAMES PRESERVATION ACT. — THAMES PRESERVATION ACT, 1885. — 48 & 49 Vict. cap. 76.
26. 26.INDEX.

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